Big sister

May 22, 2010

Good thing my hubby is taking daily pictures of Cole because I took this one from his blog.

Everyone keeps asking how Pearl is adjusting to being a big sister. Well, once we convinced her that coming home after three days of sleepovers at Grandmas' and Grandpas' houses wasn't so bad (she sat in my parent's van and screamed "I want to go back to Logan" refusing to come out for at least 20 minutes until I pried her out of her car seat), it's been pretty smooth sailing.

Our main concern at this point is not that she wants to send him back but that she will accidentally smother the poor kid. She just loves him and can't get enough of her little brother. She says he is "so cute" and tells him "coochy-coochy-coo" all the time. She always wants to kiss him but when Pearl kisses Cole it's more like an open mouth mauling, as she waits for him to kiss her back. We've worked on that and we're seeing improvements on just quick kisses. That and not touching his head or trying to flatten his awesome rock star hair. Pearl loves to hold Cole and after almost two weeks, calls him Cole almost exclusively instead of going back and forth between Ricco and Cole. She tells everyone that he poops a lot and finds it hilarious when he farts and poops. She doesn't like it when he grunts or cries and proceeds to say "SHHHHHH" really, really, really loud! It gets super annoying and we're trying to convince her that Cole talks by grunting and it's ok if he cries once in awhile. Pearl has been really helpful around the house and I am so grateful to have such wonderful babies... even if my first baby is almost three (going on 16)!